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If we can understand how and when changes in the brain start to happen in people with Down syndrome, we may be able find ways to slow or prevent Alzheimer’s disease for everyone.

In this 2008 photograph, former ambassador to the United Kingdom Robert H Tuttle greets President George W. Bush. Prior to becoming an ambassador, Tuttle was known for his empire of car dealerships.
Jason Reed/ReutersMarch 3, 2015

Every 67 seconds someone in the United States is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and new estimates suggest that it may be the third leading cause of death of older people. Alzheimer’s disease is associated…

Tolkien probably would have destroyed the work if he thought it might be published.
Galaxy fm ®May 29, 2014

Fans of J R R Tolkien must wonder why there is any controversy associated with the recent publication of his 1926 translation of Beowulf. For them anything new from Tolkien is welcome. But imagine if Tolkien’s…